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The little boy, according to the an
alogy of the case, will in Iors than
tweJve months become an old man.
his place to be taken In turn by an
other little boy who will grow to a
very old age In only a year's time.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1911
An exchange nays: "We would
much rather be original than to be
a cheap echo." That may be all
right but a good echo to interesting
if only proper credit is given. We
have some exchanges that make us
tired by filling up their columns
wHh clippings, without ever giving
credit.
Six states, California, Colorado,
Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Washing
ton have granted women equal suf
frage with men. According to esti
mates made from t.h latest census
there will he nearly a million MDU
in these state who will be .llgib!e
to vote for president of the UnKod
.States this year.
The Omaha lice says that II ww
to be expected under the i ircum
atances that Arizona would give a
elemocratlc majority at Its first state
election, held December 12th. "Was
to Ih expected under the circum
stances" is a good way of putting It.
but the Hee falls to explain to Its
readers what the circumstances were.
Before the election the republican
leaders of Arizona lined up with the
Tuft administration that compelled
!he voters of the new state to take
the provision of recoil of Judaea out
o( their const Itutlon, besides (fatal
i. good many other things offensive
to the progressive sentiment of the
(ountry. On the other hand the Ar
Izonn democrats lined up with the
progressive sentiment of the day
with the result that they swept the
state, electing the entire state ticket
and forty-five of the fifty-four mem
bers of the state legislature. There
will be fifty-four member of the
first atate legislature of Arlzonn,
nineteen senators and thirty-five rep
resentatives. Four of the senators
elected are republicans and fifteen
democrats. While there are only
five of the state representatives re
publicans there are thrity democrat
ic representatives. And this in a
commonwealth that at one time was
clc.lmed as republican.
FARMERS' STRAW VOTE
La Fotlette Gets 65 Per Cent of Re
publican Vote and Wilson 57
Per Cent of Democratic
do not seem to be enthusiastically
in favor of bis re-election, as he is
not iti the first choice of any of
those voting
NEW OFFICERS GO IN TODAY
County Affairs Continue in Charge
of Competent Officials
At 'he close of business last even
taifc the terms of office of all but
four of the Hox Butle county offi
cials expired These four are the
county attorney, two county com
mlssloners and county assessor.
Those whose terms or office expired
iwere county clerk, treasurer, sher
dff. coroner, surveyer, superintend
enl, judge and one commissioner. Of
thrpe five were re-elected: Cal M.
Co. sheriff; Delia M. Heed, super
intendent; 1,. A. Berry, Judge; Dr.
diss. E. Slagle, coroner; !'. K. Ham
blin, surveyer. The officials elected
In November who assume the duties
of their offices today are Monte S.
Haigravts, county clerk; Kdgar M.
Martin treasurer; Cal Hashman,
commissioner. It Is the opinion of
The Herald that Box Butte county's
officials, as a whole, will compare
favorably with those of any other
county. We believe them to be
competient and expect an administra
tion the coming year that will be
generally satisfactory to the citizens
and tax payers of the county.
TELEPHONE METER INVENTION
Press the Button and Start ClocK
Which Times Conversation
FARMERS ARE PROGRESSIVES
We wish to call the particular at
tention of business men of Alliance
and neighboring towns to that part
of the article headed "To Business
Men" taken from the Lincoln Even
lng News. It contains some facts,
stated by men who know, that will
profit merchants In th. smaller cit
ies and towns, if nctd upon
Material that goes through a mill
is worth more when it route u out as
a finished prodwt than when It went
in as raw material, whether it be a
lour mill, saw mill or same other
kind of a mill, but, M Hilly Sunday
says, the gin-mill is the only one on
earth in which the finished product
Is worth less than the raw material.
In trying to slam a progressive
republican of Nebraska, a atandpat
paper unintentionally lsiys the dem
ocrats a compliment in the follow i:ig
sentence: "When Congressman Nor
lis flies tor the senatorial noniina
tion he can hardly rile platform
showing more 'progresslveness' than
that of Senator Brown, unless he
wants to stand on tin- democratic
platform entirely."
A South Dakota exchange calls the
attention of prospective candidates
to tne fact that it is a good advertis
ing medium and that an announce
ment through Its columns will reach
the people and also "will IM placing
money where it will do them the
most good." That is a prstty
straight tip to politicians who wish
to use money for campaign pur
poses where they can place u little
of It and secure support in return.
V doubt very uiwh it such support
will be of much value.
A New Year's cartoon tluit NSUM
about as near bsing entirely ordinal
as any we have seta is one by
Spencer in last Monday's World-ll -i
aid, representing the uew year, LSI!,
as a youth in scant attire, standing
on a sled, the runners of which are
maiUe of two question marks, one la
beled "Taritf Quesrtiou" and the oth
er "Trust Qusetiou." the top part of
the sled being a large ballot box, on
which th youth repivutiug the
new year stands driving a team
composed of an elephant and a mule
hitched to the sled
It to an old saying that straws
show which way the wind blows. A
straw vote is a vote taken at any
time and in any way, other than an
official vote, to show the trend of
public sentiment. Such a vote al
most in variably creates a good deal
of Interest, especially among people
who are given to prognosticating e
lection results. The Herald will
mention such vote-taking occasion
ally, as a matter of news and to
gratify the curiosity of its readers,
but we do not wish to be understood
as necessarily endorsing the candi
dacy of those who may happen to
receive the best of It in any at raw
vote. We are frank to say that, for
the republican nomination. Senator
Jja Folletrte Is pre-eminently the nuin
who ought to receive It, but on the
d.'nuM ratio side we are not so pro
nounced i.i our opinion as to which
; - the hist :' the several cindldn'i -that
luive thus far been prominently
mentl Jiiad.
A cnuvnvs made by Farm and
Home, a widely read farm paper, has
established that Its farmt r readeis
want (t Foil. -He ami Wood row Wil
son to he the presidi irtial candid at SI.
A total cf 4,115 farmers voted on
the republican presidential candi
date Of these. 650 were for I. a
Follette, 1.062 for Taft, and ::ti:i for
Rort.se velt.
m Kollette, therefore, receu.d
65 per cent of the votes. Taft -5
cent, auid Roosevelt 10 per cent. la
Kollette led heavily in every section
and even in Ohio had more than
twice as many votes as Taft. Only
in Maine and Connecticut did Taft
lead.
A tttal of 3,826 votes were cast
fcr the democratic nominee. Of
these 2,196, or 67 per cent, went to
Wilson; Clark got 7;!0. or 10 per
cent; Harmon, 306, or s per i:
594 votes were scattering, Bryan
figuring more th;.a any other man.
Wilson led In about the same ra
tio throughout the country. Harmon
was weak everywhere, Wilson lead
ing him even in Ohio.
The vote was practically unani
mous in all sections of the country
for the initiative, referendum, re -all
and direct election of senators.
Eighty -one per cent of the farmers
voted for a lower tariff. Fifty-five
per cent were against rn iprooity
wltli Canada.
The rural residents are practically
it unit for pan-els post, since 95 per
cent of them demand it.
The holiday season Just pat has
in ought the usual number of car
louua napr-.-senling the old and the
new years. The former is repre
seated as an old gray headod or bald
beaded man and the latter a little
ohlld. We have become so siccus
tumed to this kind of representation
of the passing years that we do
uot chink much about u But a lit
tle close thought makes these car
toons appear scntdphat ridiculous
If an invention of E. H. Martin of
Phoenix, Arizona, should come Into
general use It will revolutionize the
present method of transacting the
telephone business.
Instead of phone subscribers being
charged a fixed amount for the ser
vice rendered without any limitations
as to he number of calls made or
the duration of each call, the ser-
vice will be iiu-asmed and paid for
according to meter readings, the
same as one pays far his gas, water
ond elect ric Juice.
In fact Mr. .Martin's invention Is
nothing more or less than a tele
phone meter. It is constructed with
a regular watch movement that
counts up to 999!) minutes, recording
them automatically. The intent of
the machine la to correct abuses cf
the telephone by parties not entitled
to Its use, as well as to provide fer
the payment of just the amount of
service given to those entitled to
it.
A careful count of culls in one of
fice for two weeks, it is claimed,
showed the remarkable result of 25
per cent of all calls passing over the
board In twenty-four hours from
sponge :s, 50 per cent nnnec;-ciry
calls, the other 25 per cent being le
gitimate business. If this 75 per
cent of unprofitable business can be
cut down it stain' ; to reasi a that the
service will be much more pr:mipt
and 75 per cent of the "line busy"
will be cut out, 75 per cent of con
sumption of battery saved, 75 per
cent li ss r i and tear on i he ap
paratus, per cent of a saving in
the valf h'e iu.c of the busy man,
and la- but not least, the small us
er will i i be compelled to pay for
uu iarg- rser as at present.
In Order to attach the Invention to
a telephone (any make or system)
Is only necessary to take off the
present receiver and connect the
new one in its place. When you
place the receiver io your ear you
cant hear anything (being cut off
the line) until you push a button
handily mounted on the receiver.
When -ju push this button you do
three things first, wind it, second,
start it, and third, cut yourself on
the line. There is a ievt screw In
the HMtCf which will set it any
where from three minutes up to ten
minutes, when it will cut you off th,e
line, and if yau wish to talk longer
you have to let go of the button and
push it aain. For Instate e, if the
meter is ae-t to threv minutes you
have automatic notice thai you have
talked your limit on toll lines
If ycu only talk a quarter of a
minute th tt g e l tnut is charged to
you, cr If you talk five times in a
e'ay a nuuittr cf n minute each
time you will have only been (barg
ed with one minute md a quarter;
In faet the meter registers as low
as one-tenth of a minute.
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ANOTHER STRAW VOTE
Follotte and Bryan Favorites
with Adams County Voter
The Hastings Nebraska Dally Re
publican is taking a straw vote from
4U readers. The first 302 vots
cat were as follows: Bryan. 1 0;
la Folletlf, Mi Kojseelt, 60, Her
ger, 24; Wilson, 20; Folk, 4
The reader erf the Republican do
ot seem to know that William How
ard Taft U a candidate for re-election
to the high office of president
of fce United Staus; at least they
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HEMINGFORD
Fred Medic was a passenger to Al
Jiance Wedneaday, where he went
to meet his wife Bnel little daughter,
who came in front Ilennett, Nebr.,
where she has been visiting her par
ents for some tlm past.
I'ete Jensen was an Alliance pas
senger Thursday, returning on 43
Friday.
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Mrs. Frank Fotmosil came up
from Alliance Thursday on 4:1 for a
vls.t with her mother, Mrs Kritton.
and other relatives.
llert Hughes left on 44 Thursday
l"t- his houiestenul n lowa, after a
two weeks' visit with hia mother
and other relatives here.
h and Mrs. (.laws left on 44 Frl-
dy, after a few days' visit at the
home of C. .1. Wildy.
Mrs. .la m cis llolllnrake came in on
i 1 Saturday from Alliance. She re
ports Mr. Foster as being very low
nt the Alliance hospital, where he
was taken for treatment last week.
Mrs. Frank Calia was a passenger
to Alliance Thursday, returning Fri
day on 43.
Henry Gromet and Miss Julia Na
gelschnelder, accompanied by Mrs.
John Gromet and Frank Uhrig, went
to Alliance last Thursday, where Mr.
Gromet and Miss Nagelschnelder
were married. The wedding party
returned on 4;! Friday. Mr. and
Mrj. Gromet will live on the Dent
Flper farm, where Mr. Gromet has
been living for the past year.
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Ira Scrlbner was an Incoming pas
senger on 43 Friday.
Win. Rvans came In from Alliance
Friday, where he has been for the
past few days on business.
Airs. Chris Hansen spent a few-
days the last of the week at Mer
rill, Nebr.
C. E. Wlltsey was passenger to
Alliance Friday, returning on 4:! ou
Saturday.
Alex Mulrhcad was an incoming
passenger on 44 Saturday from the
west, where he was looking after
business matters a few days the
last of the week.
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John Armstrong left Sunday on 44
i'or Lineoln, where he will attend
school until spring.
Ole Hedgeeock went down to Alli
ance Saturday, returning Sunday. A
lady friend accompanied him home
for a few days' visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Hedgeeock.
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Mr. and Mrs. lien Price and Mr.
and Mrs. (iecrge Carroll spent Sun
day at the home of Bert Mart. .
Orville Kidwell and wife, Fred Ah
ley and wife, and Ed Wildy and
wile spent Xew Year's day at the
home of C. J. Wildy.
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Gertrude and Alex Olds, Lee l.'oyel
Bad Charles Russell, and Mr. and
Mrs C. U. Canfleld took dinn -r with
Mr. i id :..'rs. .'"red Melick c:i New
Year's day.
Esther Geiger spent a few days
the last of the week with friends at
Mars land, returning on 43 Sunday,
as a
Mi. and Mrs. Hut ton came in on
43 Monday from Iowa, where they
have been visiting for the past
month.
Mrs. Emil Hockey came in on 43
Satuiday from Michigan, where she
has been spending the past six
weeks with her mother.
Mrs. H. L. Kushnell and daughter.
Mio. Canfleld, were passengers to
Alliance on 44 Tueday, returning on
43 Wednesday.
C S. West was a business pas
enger o Alliance on 44 Tuesday, re
turning on 43 the next day.
Miss Florence Godfrey was an in
comiug passenger on 43 Tuesday.
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O ACIUN O
OCCOOOOOOvOUOOOO
Since the last wriieup we have had
some very cold weather. In ine
places the thermometer registered 12
depre. s belcw zero, but though the
weather has been severe s'ock has
siooel it wH.
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last Monday w.ut Christmas and
there were several so -ial gatherings
here. AU remembered it vwia the
tin e of good theer.
Saturday morning of last week
George Wright und wife and tin
children and I nch-' John l'nkrwo-d
No Pipe Dream
About
This.
XiinBa aav2a UyR9w
YOU MAY JUST PUT IT IN
YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE
IT TO WIT, THAT THE
PEAL GOBLIN THAT WILL GET
YOU IF YOU DON'T WATCH
OUT IS THE GREAT BIG MAIL
ORDER GOBLIN. THIS COM
MERCIAL GOBLIN HAS GOT
THE BULK OF THE BUSINESS
IN MANY COMMUNITIES, TO
THE DETRIMENT OF THOSE
COMMUNITIES. IF YOU REAL
LY ARE LOYAL TO HOME
YOU WILL PATRONIZE HOME
PEOPLE IN BUSINESS.
arrived in Alliance from Clinton, for
a visit at the home of G. H. Haga
man. Mrv Wright is a sister of
Mrs. Hagamnn. t
There was a family gathering at
the home of J. C. Hawkins on Christ
mas day. Those present were Geo.
Clark and family, John Wright, wife
and children, and Aunt Anne Good
win Ot Alliance. All report a good
time.
Another Christ nuns dinner was at
the home of Geo. Hagaman. Those
present were near relatives and
friends of the Hagaman family.
Miss Lizzie Coker is in the sand
hills, at the home of O. E. Hagaman.
helping Mrs. Hagaman while Otto is
away baling and hauling hay to Al
liance. Albert Hagaman is visiting at the
home of his brother, G. II. Hagaman,
bOVJnt come frcm Halsey a week ago
to spend the holidays. Albert is a
homesteader near Halsey and says
it is rather lonesome work holding
down a claim five years alone. Some
of these old maids and widows better
take pity on the lonely ba.-helor.
Last Tuesday a jolly crowd gather
ed at the home cf (Uhi. Hagaman,
ami although the weather was very
colel they had a good time. Those
present were J. C. Hawkins and
wife, O. E. Hagaman. wife and baby.
Miss Lizzie Coker, W. S. Coker and
wife, and Geo. Wright and wife and
three children, and Albert Hagaman
and Uncle Johnnie I'nderwccd.
There was a Christmas dinner at
tne home of W. S. Coker. These
present were Mr. Powell, Albert
Hagaman, Miss Lizie Coker, Mr. and
Mrs. O. E. Hagaman and baby.
The're was a social dance at the
home of Cal Iammon on Christmas
night. Everybody had a good time.
Ml
8y Coker was helping Mr. Engle-
luim butcher hogs Thursday.
The Geo. Hagaman home aeems to
be a very sociable place, from the
number of gatherings there In the
Iat week. Thursday G. G. Clark,
wife and children, John Wright and
wife u.nd children. Aunt Sarah Un
derwood and Aunt Mailey spent the
day there and report a good time.
days begin to lengthen the cold be
gimt to strengthen. It is true with
a vengeance this time.
The Christmas tree entertainment
at the Malinda school house Satur
day was attended by a large crowd,
and the teacher. Miss Vera Horn,
and her pupils deserve much credit
for such an excellent program.
The weather has been too cold to
get our Items to the pest office reg
ula rly.
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o MALINDA SQUIBS o
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Dee-ember 18, 1011.
Cal lf rr and San Yoe went to
Alliance Monday. H Randall ac
companied them, taking the train
from that place for Pierre, S. O.
Wauat'tu Conrad is on the sick
1-t Ibis week.
Joe- DaTI returned home Moud iy
from the ditcn.
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Nora' McLean visited MM Vera
Horn at the Bert Miller home on
Thursday ev.ming.
Dan McLean went ta Bayard Fri
day. Deottuber 25th.
The old law says that when the
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O SPOTTED TAIL ITEMS o
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Pete Watson and Bernard Noble
went to tihe ranch Tuesday to bring
his cattle down to their farm under
hc ditch to feed them.
t
Rev. Ramsey and wife took dinner
with Pete Watson and wife on New
Year's day.
I'ete Watson was at the ranch a
few days ago, vaccinating calves.
Chas. Haskins and Bert Hoy are
busy putting up ice
Barnard Noble and Elmer Casson
brought In a lar)..e coyote New Y ear's
day.
Leona Ncble went to Heiuingford
last Wednesday to visit with the
family of Dan Watse n for a few
days.
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The Ladies' Aid gave an oyster
supper and sale of their goods Sat
urday evening. On account of the
cold weather and other entertain
ments close by the attendance was
small.
N. P. Collins brought hia cattle
from his ranch down to the Taylor
place two and one-half miles north
east of Mitchell to feed them hay
this winter.
Bernard Noble fell through a
large window Saturday evening and
received a severe gash in the head.
Bernard .says the next time he puts
hu spurs on he wtill keep away from
tht window.
FLOUR! FLOUR!
Another car of Diamond and Pearl
flour, meal, graham, buckwheat and
breakfast food su the Farmers'
atore. Spe-cial prices to ranchmen
and all, in five hundred pound lots.
J. J. KEEN EN. Phone 07.
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